When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

The secret of happiness lies not in getting what we want, but in learning to want what we already have.

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

The more we understand the nature of our mind, the more we understand the nature of our world.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

The practice is like peeling an onion. Layer after layer of delusion is removed through continuous mindfulness.

Dependent origination is not a theory about the origin of the world but a teaching that shows how suffering originates in dependence on our own mental processes.

Life is like a cup of tea. It's all in how you make it.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

Though the view should be as vast as the sky, keep your conduct as fine as barley flour.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

The first step toward faith is to admit that we don't know everything.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. This is the goal of Buddhist practice.

Equanimity is not indifference. It is the balanced mind that sees things clearly without reaction.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

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